In 2013, ASPE contracted with Mathematica Policy Research to conduct case studies of the financing arrangements and delivery models that states are using to improve the coordination of care for Medicaid beneficiaries with mental health and substance use disorders in four states: Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and Tennessee.

HHOption2-OH.pdf

HHOption2-OR.pdf

HHOption2-RI.pdf

HHOption2-WI.pdf

Although trends in substance use disorder (SUD) prevalence and treatment receipt have been relatively constant for the last decade, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could result in a substantial increase in the number of individuals seeking or referred to treatment. The impact of parity legislation, changing perspectives about the importance of SUDs

ExamSUD.pdf

This report presents first-year findings of the long-term evaluation of Medicaid health homes which were authorized in Section 2703 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for high-need, high-cost beneficiaries with chronic physical conditions or serious mental illness. The Urban Institute is conducting the evaluation to assess state care models and proc

HHOption-OR.pdf

HHOption-RI.pdf

This report was prepared under contracts #HHSP23320074303EC and #HHSP23320110006EC between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy (DALTCP) and the American Health Information Management Association. For additional information about this subject, you can visit the DALTCP home

StratEng-G.pdf

StratEng-H.pdf

StratEng-I.pdf

StratEng-J.pdf

StratEng-K.pdf

StratEng-L.pdf

StratEng-M.pdf

This report provides an overview of current efforts for implementing electronic health information exchange (eHIE) by long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) providers. The report describes the extent to which LTPAC providers are preparing for and implementing eHIE with their partners and assessing its impact. The report provides a review of the gre

LTPACsetting.pdf

There has been growing interest in the use of electronic health information systems. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) emphasized as one of the Department's main priorities the use of information technology in health care. In November 2001, the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) issued a report to Secretary of

toward.pdf

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Role of Home and Community-Based Services in Meeting the Health Care Needs of People with AIDS: Final Report
Jennifer Schore, Mary Harrington, and Stephen Crystal
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
March 1998
PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/aidsfrpt.pdf (111 PDF pages)

This conceptual framework examines the possible ways that housing sites can link health and long-term services and supports, and potential ways that HUD and HHS could design a demonstration of such a model. [31 PDF pages]

Use of electronic health information exchange (HIE) with and by long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) providers lags behind that of physicians and hospitals. However, a few grant programs have supported HIE with LTPAC providers. In addition, Medicare payment changes (i.e., hospital readmission payment penalties and physician payment for transition

hhcqual.pdf

The Outcome-Based Quality Improvement (OBQI) program provides reports to all Medicare-certified home health agencies so that they can identify potential quality problems and devise appropriate strategies to address them. There are 41 OBQI quality measures. A data-driven "stepwise" approach currently is used to risk adjust the OBQI indicators wit

qualHH.pdf

This is the final report for the project, "Role of Home and Community-Based Services in Meeting the Health Care Needs of People with AIDS," conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). The goal of the project was to assist

aidsfrpt.pdf

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Effect of State Community Rating Regulations on Premiums and Coverage in the Individual Health Insurance Market
Bradley Herring and Mark Pauly
National Bureau of Economic Research
August 2006
PDF Version (25 PDF pages)